[TheForge] Fw: [shopbuilttools] New OSHA Regs and alarming report #2

Keziah's Forge blacksmith at keziahsforge.com
Thu Apr 2 02:09:25 EDT 2009 

Update:

The real emabarrassment occurred hours later when  Richard Postman was 
called in to identify and counsel the anvil victim.  Charges against PR of 
anvil  abuse, carnal nowledge of a minor anvil and crimes against 
blacksmithing were lodged on the basis of Postman's testimony that the anvil 
in question was a 55 pound Russian immigrant identified only as "ASO" and 
that the orifice in question was actually the pritchel hole.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fw: [shopbuilttools] New OSHA Regs and alarming 
report #2


> You may not like this any better reis:
>
> Waylan Journal Report
>
> Late Wednesday afternoon, after a hard  day in his unheated  hillside
> blacksmithing shop ( and not a few beers); Blacksmith PR closed down his
> forge and shut the doors as usual. That's when the trouble began.
> Hot and tired from his labors, PR had another couple of beers to cool
> down and soon found the only warm thing around was his beloved anvil.
> He apparently felt lonely and a bit amorous there in the dusk and
> "realized that i had been looking at that warm damn hardy hole for years
> and it was at just the right height".
>  A short time later, an attractive young lady knocked on the door and
> pressed her breasts against the glass attempting to peer in.
> When the smith attempted to withdraw from the anvil, it was already too
> late.
> When paramedics arrived 1/2 hour later, they were unable to lift the
> anvil and the smith onto the regulation guerny and a second ambulance
> crew had to be called.
> After some humiliating hours in the hospital, attended to by elder nurse
> Hornbuckle and 23 reporters, the anvil had cooled sufficiently that,
> with the help of cold, soapy water the smith was freed.
> PR only statement was that he regretted not using Anviline Hardy Hole
> Grease..as advertised by Tom Wilson.
>
> ries wrote:
>> methinks this is more web invented paranoia.
>> A quick search of the OSHA website reveals NO SUCH DIVISION.
>>
>>
>> On Apr 1, 2009, at 4:03 PM, rsmuck wrote:
>>
>> This is awful, we should revolt!!!!
>> Rowland Smuck/Schmuck of Roseburg, OR 97470
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=6926185/grpspId=1705063020/msgId
>> =8251/stime=1238563519/nc1=1/nc2=2/nc3=3>
>>
>> NEW OSHA REGULATIONS TO HAVE LONG-TERM IMPACT
>> New OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) today
>> announced new
>> regulations aimed directly at the home and hobby workshop.
>>
>> WASHINGTON (AP)
>>
>> Phyllis Sharp, Director of the newly-formed Home Safety Compliance
>> Division,
>> today announced new OSHA regulations in response to successful
>> lobbying by
>> watchdog groups and the American Home and Hobby Machinery Manufacturers
>> Association. The regulations, aimed directly at home workshops,
>> hobbyists
>> and "shade-tree mechanics", are in response to an apparently exponential
>> growth of safety issues surrounding the sale of commercial machinery
>> to the
>> private sector, resale of used machinery, and restoration of used and
>> occasional vintage machinery by private individuals.
>>
>> According to Sharp, "These things are dangerous, and we are finding
>> out that
>> commercial and industrial manufacturers and service facilities, not to
>> mention our own government, are selling these machines to private
>> persons
>> without due regard for essential safety features that we require of all
>> workplaces". Ms. Sharp was also quoted as saying that "there is no
>> reason
>> why a home workshop should not be subject to the same guaranteed level
>> of
>> safety compliance that our government provides to the public workplace."
>> According to Sharp, fines and registration fees will be used to
>> substantially reduce the anticipated cost of the regional offices and
>> inspection teams.
>>
>> In a brief press conference to present these proposed regulations, Mr.
>> Morris Pschatt, Esq, general counsel for the Central States division of
>> OSHA, stated that OSHA will create offices in each state for the
>> purpose of
>> inspection, tagging and tracking machinery sales. Sellers of all
>> commercial-grade machinery will be required to transport machinery for
>> sale
>> to an OSHA field office prior to sale, where the machine will be
>> inspected
>> for the appropriate safety guards, decals and instruction manuals. Any
>> machine found not to meet the standards will be tagged for scrap and the
>> machine seller will be compensated at a standard rate per pound,
>> according
>> to Pschatt. When asked by one reporter about private sales, Mr. Pschatt
>> responded that the OSHA Residential Teams inspectors would be tracking
>> eBay,
>> craigslist and classified sales in order to provide "comprehensive
>> safety
>> coverage".
>>
>> In addition, Pschatt remarked, OSHA Residential Teams field inspectors
>> will
>> be periodically making spot inspections to home and hobby workshops to
>> ensure safety compliance, similar to existing commercial and industrial
>> compliance regulations. All home-shop machinery will be required to be
>> tagged and registered with OSHA, and any machine not having the proper
>> guards in place, decals visible and legible, and instructions readily
>> available will be tagged and confiscated. Furthermore, personal safety
>> gear,
>> including eyewear, hearing protection and head gear will be required
>> of all
>> home and hobby workers.
>>
>> The AHHMMA is represented in Washington by domestic and overseas
>> manufacturers and importers of woodworking, metalworking and automotive
>> equipment.
>>
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